Juicy juicy

I keep forgetting to write in here. Lol. Things are okay with the juicing. I really need to be doing the juice fast, not just replacing 2 meals, but I am finding it to be extremely difficult to do that. It seems like everywhere I turn there is someone eating, or an ad with food, or something and I find it to be really really hard to resist the temptation to eat. I haven't been eating terribly, nothing super fatty, no fast food other than a sub at Subway, but it's still eating which I am not supposed to be doing.

The fast only really works if you fast! I am drinking my juice now, but I am almost out of produce to juice and I don't get paid until Wednesday which is going to be a problem. I may have enough for tomorrow's juice and Monday, but I am not sure about Tuesday and Wednesday. I am doing a lot of ChaCha to try and get money for produce, but they are messing with the pay system this week so I don't know if that will be possible or not. I will have to see.

Other than that, not too much going on. There is someone at work who is doing the juice fast with me as well, and it is nice to know there is someone else who is doing it that I can share recipes and tips with. It is good to know there is a support system around too in case I need it badly.

I found a recipe book that came with the juicer that I got a few weeks ago, it tells you all sorts of great recipes to juice and also gives suggestions as to what you can do with the pulp after you are done juicing. It all sounds really good!

Yesterday I made a juice out of:

3 small Macintosh apples
2 oranges
handful of green grapes
10 strawberries
4 kale leaves
1/4 English cucumber
1 lemon

It tastes really good. I added a little berry seltzer to it for a little more of a kick.

I have lost 3.5 pounds as of Tuesday, I have yet to weigh myself again. I got all the blood work back from my doctor and the only thing that was elevated was my cholesterol, but only by a point and only because I had a dinner of hard boiled eggs the night before.

So things are going alright, but still not progressing as I wish they had, but that is entirely my fault.

Go forth and inspire.

Jumping back on

Ok, so I have been doing well for the last few days. I have been replacing 2 meals a day with the juice so that I can get my body used to not eating as much as I had before.

Most of the juice has been mainly fruit, however today I had a good amount of veggies in it. Today's recipe was:

2 oranges
2 handfuls of green grapes
2 handfuls of spinach leaves
3 stalks of kale
9 cherry tomatoes
15 baby carrots
1 English cucumber

It mostly tasted like cucumber, so it wasn't too bad. The only issue I am having is the fact that it's not a smooth juice, there is pulp in it. I have to stir and then drink so that it's not so bad. I hate hate hate pulp in my drinks, won't drink orange juice with it, so it really bothers me. I find that if I make it ice cold and stir before I take a sip, it isn't as bad and I can tolerate it.

I think I am going to weigh myself tonight and see what happens. I am pretty sure I haven't lost anything, but I have been doing really well with taking walks every night at work and worked my butt off at Zumba this weekend. I am hoping that this is helping!!

Go forth and inspire

Ugh. Failure sucks

I have not been doing well with this. Again need to restart my fast. I didn't have any time to make juice yesterday. I didn't eat terrible foods, but still, it wasn't juice.

I have been through some emotional stuff this weekend, stuff that is a trigger for eating, which is never good. I am going to possibly go to therapy so I can work out some of these issues and get over everything I have been dealing with so that I can move on and be happy with my life.

I guess that is all I have to write without getting in to too much detail.

Day 1 part Deux

So I am starting over again. I fell into a little pit after day 6, but here I am, ready to go again. I made a fantastic pitcher of juice this morning that included:

1 package of strawberries
2 cups each of red grapes and green grapes
2 oranges
2 kiwi
2 pears
5 kale leaves
1 flax seed capsule
2 Green tea extract capsules
8 ounces of Grapefruit Polar Seltzer

It is delicious. Good way to kick off my new start. I am going to have to have a fruit at the end of the day however that is more veggie than it is fruit because sadly I cannot have this every day. There is a recipe for a drink called the Mean Green, I am going to try that and see how it goes. If not, I will tweak it a tad.

I brought Cody to a butterfly sanctuary today, and then out to BK for lunch after. I however did not eat anything while I was there. Partly because I am sick of BK after having eaten it so much in the past, and partly because I know that I shouldn't be eating it!

After we got home I poured myself a glass of juice, and now I am having another glass. Will have one more before bed and then it's a whole new day tomorrow. I am bringing my pitcher of juice with me to my grandmother's house for Easter. As much as I love her cooking, I really need to do this. If it were Thanksgiving dinner however, that would be a whole different story :)

In other news, I am doing a persuasive speech in class about social media outlets and how they are addictive, so I will not be posting on here tomorrow or Monday. I am having a social media 48 hour blackout and recording my feelings and what happens over those two days. I am going to log out of Facebook, Blogspot, Twitter (Not that I use that one much anyway) and Foursquare. All applications and notifications dealing with these will be turned off on my phone and my iPad, and if I get an email that has notifications in it, I am simply going to delete and not look. So when you don't hear from me until Tuesday, fear not. I have not fallen off of the wagon again, I am just experimenting.

Go forth and inspire

Starting over

I need to reboot my reboot. I bought a new scale and apparently the WiiFit scale was lying to me. I have still lost inches, but not the pounds. :(

I slipped and had Cheez Its today and only had 24 ounces total of juice. I am trying not to be depressed over the fact that I have not lost the weight that I thought I had, however I know that I have some bloating water weight going on right now, so that is attributing for at least a few pounds. I am also sad about the fact that I couldn't even hold it together for a full week, I had crackers quite a bit.

So tomorrow, I start anew. I am erasing any totals that I had from my mind and starting fresh. I need to think of some new ways to keep my hunger in check and keep myself motivated to stay away from any and all types of food.

I have continued the exercise however, went for a walk on break with coworkers that equaled a quarter of a mile (Would have been more but we were only allotted 15 minutes to walk).

Tomorrow I have an endoscopy and biopsy of my stomach and esophagus, so I cannot have any juice tonight or tomorrow morning. I will have to wait until I am back home for that which may not be until 11 or so depending on how long it takes to come out of anesthesia.

I really want to do this. I do. I just need to find a better way to deal with my lack of willpower. I need to get myself into the mindset that if I let the juice do it's job, I will be in a really good place, I will feel good, I will look good for the first time in my life, and may even be able to get my shamble of a life back in order.

So tomorrow is a new day. Still I tell you:

Go forth and inspire.

Weigh in day is almost here...but....

It's that time of the month. Not that anyone really wants to know that, but this is going to completely mess up my measurements and my weight. If I wait until day 14 it will be and even bigger shock right? I can wait until then. I have been doing well. Have had a few slip ups here and there where I have had some crackers, but I can't expect myself to be perfect because I have never done anything like this before.

I have managed to get a good amount of veggies into my drink without having it taste like crap, so I should have a good balance right now. The only thing that I am worried about is the kale, because it has Vitamin K which is a blood clotting agent. I am still trying to get in touch with my doctor about that. (For those that don't know, the NuvaRing gave me blood clots in both lungs in 2006 and now I have to be super careful about this kind of stuff).

But all in all still feeling good, good energy. My co-worker and I did three laps around our building tonight at a moderate pace. I am not sure how far it is, I am going to try to remember my pedometer for tomorrow just to see.

Other than that, not much to report. Now I need to get some sleep because Cody will be here in t-minus 4 hours and 20 minutes and I have A LOT to do tomorrow.

Go forth and inspire.

Getting easier and easier

I have learned a lot over these last 5 days.

1. Veggies taste terrible juiced
2. Cabbage makes me want to throw up
3. Fruits are so much better
4. Slowly mixing veggies in with said fruit is the best way to go
5. Seltzer gives it an extra punch
6. I can do this!

I have already lost 2 inches from my waist! Nothing to sneeze at!!

I am going for 10 pounds by day 7, but with certain things coming this week, I have a little extra water weight going on so we shall see I suppose!

Today my juice consisted of:

1/4 watermelon
1 cup cantelope
1 cup honeydew
2 cups strawberries
2 cups grapes
5 celery stalks
4 kale leaves
20 baby carrots
1 very large cucumber
2 oranges
1 pear
1 macintosh apple
8 ounces ruby red grapefruit seltzer

It tasted great!!! I am slowly adding in more veggies as I go so that I can get the taste down to where it's bearable. :)

I am also adding in 2 caplets of Green Tea extract which helps to burn fat and also is a mood elevator, and 1 caplet of flax seed oil.

I had a ton of energy today, woke up an hour and a half before my alarm and I was up and ready to get juicing. I really look forward to it in the morning.

Before this whole experience, I would let dishes sit in the sink for a while because I just wouldn't feel like doing them. Now however, I have to clean the juicer right away or else it will smell funky, and it is helping me to wash my other dishes as soon as I use them as well.

Today was hard because I went Easter basket shopping for my son. Picking out all this yummy candy for him and not being able to have any is tough, but it's just candy. I will not die without it.

Tomorrow I will be doing a 1 hour Zumba workout with a friend, and also on Friday as well. I am hoping that twice a week can become a routine for me, but I am worried about the cost. I will see how it goes. I was worried about the cost of juicing too, but honestly, it's not that bad. No worse that what I was spending on Subway or other foods every day! And Cody likes the juice too so I can give him some in the morning with breakfast and get him vitamins and minerals in as well.

Now it is off to bed for me. I need to get some rest so I can be up and ready for Zumba and the busy day that follows tomorrow.

Go forth and be inspired.

I think I'm going to cry...

I am down 5 pounds. 5 freaking pounds. In three days. I just can't wrap my head around that. Before, to lose 5 pounds would have taken at least month. Now, I know you are probably thinking that it's just normal daily fluctuation, and I was thinking that too..until I measured myself as well. I have lost an inch from my waist and an inch from my hips, so something is disappearing!!!

I really want to cry right now, this may actually work. I could very well get to under 200 pounds by the time I am done with this, something I have not been in a long long time.

This morning I made my juice out of:

4 strawberries
1 pear
2 macintosh apples
2 cups of green grapes
2 kiwi
2 kale leaves
10 oz of grapefruit Polar seltzer

and guess what?

IT TASTES FANTASTIC!!

So now I am just going to incorporate veggies little by little so that I can become accustomed to the taste.

This is really happening....

More later today.

:D